Socialist Standard Past & Present

Cartoon from the October 1992 issue of the Socialist Standard

From the October 1992 issue of the Socialist Standard I believe large wealth in private hands is only morally sustainable if it used to...

From the October 1992 issue of the Socialist Standard I became acquainted with Shelley in 1944. At the time I was eighteen years of a...

From the October 1992 issue of the Socialist Standard   “We have already weathered the worst of the storm and signs of stability are alr...

From the October 1992 issue of the Socialist Standard Just as some "experts” once justified the relations of feudal society as “G...

Letters to the Editors from the February 1993 issue of the Socialist Standard Sinead O’Connor Dear Editors, It was wonderful to se...

From the February 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard January 1st, 1947, saw the opening of one of the funniest political farces fo...

From the February 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard The prolonged dispute between the official representatives of the dental prof...

From the February 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard   “A cargo of uranium ore from the Belgian Congo which arrived in the Elder Demps...

From the January 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard Railway nationalisation has a long and varied history. In comparatively recent ...

From the January 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard The first day on which the daily newspapers were able to increase their size—S...

Book Review from the January 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard “ Thieves in the Night ,” Arthur Koestler’s new book, has the sub...

From the January 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard  In the Daily Herald Hannen Swaffer writes: “So ‘narrow' is the B.B.C. ...

The Proper Gander column from the December 2011 issue of the Socialist Standard A new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Cho...

The 50 Years Ago column from the December 2011 issue of the Socialist Standard For Stalin, the final disgrace. His simple grave ...